Justification of geometrical optics for non-convex obstacles

DOI10.1016/0022-247X(81)90111-6zbMath0463.35047MaRDI QIDQ1153495

Hans-Dieter Alber

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

wave equation; Helmholtz equation; parametrix; singularities of solutions; Fourier transformation; progressing wave expansions; transversal reflection at the boundary

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35P25: Scattering theory for PDEs

35L05: Wave equation

35J05: Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation

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